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Assyrians, being satisfied with bread">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist</p> <p class="poetry2">yet we continue to bear the consequences of their sin.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Slaves rule over us,</p> <p class="poetry2">and no one delivers us from their control.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 Lit. hand">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>We risk our lives to obtain our food,</p> <p class="poetry2">facing death<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Lit. facing the sword">e</a></span> in the desert.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Our skin blisters<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:10 Lit. blackens">f</a></span> as from an oven,</p> <p class="poetry2">due to ravaging blasts of the famine.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They have raped women in Zion,</p> <p class="poetry2">young women<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:11 Lit. the virgins">g</a></span> in the towns of Judah.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Princes they have hung by their hands;</p> <p class="poetry2">elders<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:12 Lit. the faces of the elders">h</a></span> they have disrespected.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Our<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:13 The Heb. lacks Our">i</a></span> young men must grind grain with a millstone;</p> <p class="poetry2">our<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:13 The Heb. lacks our">j</a></span> youths stumble under the weight of wood.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Our<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 The Heb. lacks Our">k</a></span> elders have ceased ruling<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 The Heb. lacks ruling">l</a></span> at the gate;</p> <p class="poetry2">our<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 The Heb. lacks our">m</a></span> young men have abandoned<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 The Heb. lacks have abandoned">n</a></span> their music.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The joy of our hearts has ceased,</p> <p class="poetry2">and our dancing has turned into dirges.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The crown has fallen from our head—</p> <p class="poetry2">woe to us, because we have sinned!</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>This is why our hearts faint,</p> <p class="poetry2">and why our eyes grow dim:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Because Mount Zion is desolate;</p> <p class="poetry2">foxes roam around it.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You, LORD, are forever—</p> <p class="poetry2">your throne endures from generation to generation.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So why have you completely forgotten us,</p> <p class="poetry2">forsaking us for so long?</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Restore us to yourself, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">so that we may return.</p> <p class="poetry2">Renew our days as before,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/lamentations/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>unless you have utterly rejected us</p> <p class="poetry2">and are angry with us without limit.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 5:2 Or <i>possessions have</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 5:5 Lit. <i>pursuers are on</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 5:6 Lit. <i>Assyrians, being satisfied with bread</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 5:8 Lit. <i>hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 5:9 Lit. <i>facing the sword</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 5:10 Lit. 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